DESI results strengthen hints that dark energy may evolve
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The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument found that dark energy may be weakening over time—and the standard model of how the universe works may need an update.
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Malaria researcher Tracey Lamb focuses on global health as U’s first Jefferson Science Fellow
In this role, Lamb will spend time with the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy.
Read MoreWhose air quality are we monitoring?
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U.S. EPA air quality monitors are disproportionally located in predominately white neighborhoods, leaving marginalized communities at risk of pollution exposure.
Read MoreSpring 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium approaches
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During this event, undergraduate researchers will show off their work to their family, friends and community.
Read MoreMisha lived in zoos, but the elephant’s tooth enamel helps reconstruct wildlife migrations
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Utah geologists show how strontium isotopes found in teeth or tusks reveal where large plant-eating animals have roamed.
Read MoreU taps NVIDIA’s AI expertise
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The new public-private partnership aims to equip universities, community colleges and adult education programs across Utah with the resources to develop students’ and workers’ skills in generative AI.
Read MoreHumans of the U: Marylinda Gonzalez
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“I have had a lot of fun participating in research. It has added a lot to my undergraduate experience that I would not have done otherwise.”
Read MoreEarly-life gut microbes may protect against diabetes, research in mice suggests
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If the benefits seen in mice hold true in humans, microbe-derived molecules might eventually help restore pancreatic function in people with diabetes.
Read MoreUtah geologists win $1M NSF grant for state-of-the-art mass spectrometer
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Instrument will help scientists unravel Earth’s ancient geological mysteries, past climates and humans’ ongoing interactions with the environment.
Read MoreAn emissions tale of two cities: SLC vs. LA
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Research shows carbon monoxide emissions on Salt Lake City freeways worsened while they went down in Southern California.
Read MoreThe future of telescope lenses is flat
U engineers create first flat telescope lens that can capture color while detecting light from faraway stars.
Read MoreMost powerful gamma ray observatory gets green light
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The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory was designated a European Research Infrastructure Consortium, accelerating its mission to discover gamma ray origins.
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